DD simply won't give up her cot .. should I force it?

[Twiglett]

or should I just leave her in it

she can climb in but won't climb out

she's 2.8 and hu-uge but still fits in it

we have beds, she has slept in a bed

but she keeps asking to go back in her bed

DS was out of his cot at 2 so its a little strange

No, leave her in it.

DS1 still asks to play in the cot. He loved it. But DS2 needed it.

I'd still have him in it if nobody else had needed it.

no.

i wouldn't force it.

dd1 just went into a bed when she was nearly 3.5.

no stress at all.

she even picked out the sheets.

could you take the side off to prevent mountaineering and give your back a break but otherwise leave her to it?
Am guessing you don't depserately need the cot for the next child or anything...

I wouldn't force it if she's happy with it.

Eventually she'll (probably!) get fed up with being squashed up in there and will want to change to a bed but if she's happy and you're happy, why change?

DS1 and DS2 were like this (so nothing to do with ASD, as DS2 is very nt).

She will get there eventually. With DS1 we gradually built up to the final switch - he started having his bedtime story in bed, and then moving into his cot at lights out - and then one night he decided he'd just stay in the bed.

DS2 switched to a bed, then back to a cot - then into a bed. And I got rid of the cot sharpish - and then got pg with DS3 .

DD1 had never climbed out of her cot until the day she tried it and broke her arm

I also found all mine started to have interrupted sleep when they became quite big in their cots - I think their arms etc hitting the sides disturbed them. As soon as I put them in a bed, they slept fine again.

I'm afraid I am a fan of just doing it when making any big changes!

HTH

"she keeps asking to go back in her cot" not bed

it doesn't bother me

in fact her cot has ended up in DS room so I now have a spare room

d'ya hear .. a spare room .. its mine .. all mine .. mwahahahahahahahaahaaaa

DD was in a cot until she was 3. Never tried to climb out and was quite happy, although she did take to a bed fine (we only moved her as ds was on the way and we needed the cot for him. DS is 2.2 and we will have to move him soon as he climbs out, dismantles the side of the cot etc. If she is happy and comfortable just leave her.

If shes happy I would leave her but then my motto at times like this tends to be "let sleeping dogs lie"!

DS is 2.7 and still in his cot -he hasn't made any attempts (yet) to climb in or out so I'm just leaving him be.

He sleeps well generally so I don't want to risk messing that up. However I do worry that he'll end up falling through the bottom of it or something one day as hes not small

If she's still got plenty of space in her cot then I'd leave her. It's not worth making an issue out of it, IMO.

I'd leave her. My dd is 3y6m and still quite happy in her cot

Our 2.8 ds is still in his cot - he's huge as well but still fits in and until we move (which may be some while off...) has to stay in it 'cos we can't fit a bed in his room!

DD1 is 2.7 and still in her cot bed she's a little thing so still has plenty of space. I do get funny looks when I say she's still in a cot but if it isn't broke why fix it? She hasn't even thought of climbing out it yet. When I hear stories of her friends getting out their beds and up to allsorts in the night I am kind of glad.

I'm really glad to hear you all left your children in cots til well past the age of 2, i have started having people ask me when i intend to move dd2 (aged 16mths) into her bed (its all ready as dd1 has bunk beds) but i'd like to wait until we move house which could be when dd2 is almost 3